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  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 1,724
    edited March 2012

    Statistics are just numbers and breast cancer treatment (in my opinion) is frighteningly similar to playing the horses in some respects.  No one can predict your outcome with any degree of accuracy.  Once you have had breast cancer, you are at risk for a recurrence or a new breast cancer.

    That said, my statistics suggest a very good prognosis and I hold onto that because it helps me emotionally.  I am more likely to be okay, than not.  Sometimes, that is what gets me through the day.  Whatever works.  But, also according to statistics, I have a far greater risk of dropping dead from a heart attack or stroke, than I do of developing breast cancer (again).

    It can drive you downright crazy.

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  • LisaThompson
    LisaThompson Member Posts: 26
    edited March 2012

    Hi Tanya, 

    Your diagnoses was the exact same as mine.  I was also triple negative, in stage 2a, no lymph nodes affected, I had a lumpectomy, radiation, and chemo treatment and tumor was also grade 3.  My oncologist told me that I had a 80% chance of the cancer not returning.  I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.  I was only 26 at the time so it was EXTREMELY difficult for me being forced to deal with breast cancer at such a young age. But It's been 5 years now since I was diagnosed, and I am doing good.  I am in good health. I just had my last follow up appointment on February 13th, 2012 and everything is fine. 

    I know it's hard, but please try not to get too depressed over it.  I'm sure you'll be fine as well. 

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  • tanya01
    tanya01 Member Posts: 74
    edited May 2012

    Thanks for posting this lisa. I needed to hear this. I am having a really hard time. I am so worried about it coming back. my arm is hurting and i haev been getting more headaches and all I can think about it that is in my brain or in my bones.. its driving me crazy.

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  • netty46
    netty46 Member Posts: 296
    edited September 2012

    YSA     How did you do with the 3 different primaries?  chemo?  how far apart were they?

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  • netty46
    netty46 Member Posts: 296
    edited September 2012

    YSA     How did you do with the 3 different primaries?  chemo?  how far apart were they?

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  • netty46
    netty46 Member Posts: 296
    edited September 2012

    Joan how are you doing. Im goin thru local recurrence now. Tumor came out june 18 im on C/T 4 rounds.  How did your tumor markers do thru treatment? Does yur doctor like tumor markers?

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  • anamerty
    anamerty Member Posts: 195
    edited October 2012

    I was dx with tnbc I'm a brca 1 first bc in 1999 was er/pr positive so this is a new cancer my lump 1.8cm clear nodes 0/7 I had a bmx apparently caught in early stages but my mo after reviewing my path said I have a 30-40% of recurrence to chest wall and organs but chemo would cut it in half why would my prognosis be so grim when it was caught so early? I start chemo on Monday

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